War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Provides a detailed look at how war affects human life and health far beyond the battlefield

Since 2010, a team of activists, social scientists, and physicians have monitored the lives lost as a result of the US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan through an initiative called the Costs of War Project. Unlike most studies of war casualties, this research looks beyond lives lost in violence to consider those who have died as a result of illness, injuries, and malnutrition that would not h...